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    <h1>ROS - Robot Operating System</h1>
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      The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a set of software libraries and tools
      that help you build robot applications. From drivers to state-of-the-art
      algorithms, and with powerful developer tools, ROS has what you need for
      your next robotics project. And it's all open source.
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    <h1> What is ROS? </h1>
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    <h3>Install</h3>
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      <h6>Noetic Ninjemys</h6>
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        ROS Noetic Ninjemys is latest ROS 1 LTS Release targeted at the Ubuntu
        20.04 (Focal) release, though other systems are supported to varying
        degrees.
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      <h6>ROS Jazzy Jalisco</h6>
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        Jazzy Jalisco is the latest ROS 2 release. It installs easily on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat and Windows 10.
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      There are several mechanisms in place to support the ROS community, each
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          <h1>Announcing ROSCon 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana!</h1>
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          <h2>Third time's the charm!</h2>
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          <h3>2/13/2023 - Katherine Scott</h3>
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	    I am happy to announce that we just launched the <a href="https://roscon.ros.org/2023/">ROSCon 2023 website</a>! This year’s ROSCon will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana on  October 18, 2023  →  October 20, 2023.

	    This is the first ROSCon in North America in five years and we’re really looking forward to seeing everyone in-person again. In the next few weeks we’ll put out the call for talks and workshops along with prospectus for sponsors (you may want to give your HR & marketing departments a heads up). We’re also working on a few surprises for this year’s event.

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          <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/t/announcing-roscon-2023-new-orleans-louisiana-third-times-the-charm/29782" class="read-more">READ MORE</a>
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            <a href="https://discourse.ros.org/t/2022-ros-metrics-report/29594"><h2>2022 ROS Metrics Report</h2></a>
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